v0.8.0: OWASP API Security Top 10 (2023) rule-based scanner. Loads an
AI agents invoke run_api_security_scan to trigger actions in Mk Qa Master. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
This tool executes an external security scanning operation (OWASP API Security Top 10 rule-based scanner) against specified targets. While the scanning itself is non-destructive read-oriented activity, the tool 'runs' an automated external operation whose effects (network requests, probing, potential side effects on the target API) depend on arguments provided.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'run_api_security_scan' and description states it 'Loads' and performs scanning operations—'runs' external security analysis operations against APIs.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access run_api_security_scan gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mk Qa Master, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for run_api_security_scan:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"run_api_security_scan": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "run_api_security_scan_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}run_api_security_scan stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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v0.8.0: OWASP API Security Top 10 (2023) rule-based scanner. Loads an. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Mk Qa Master MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Mk Qa Master MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for run_api_security_scan: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mk Qa Master. Nothing to install.
run_api_security_scan is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the run_api_security_scan rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for run_api_security_scan. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
run_api_security_scan is provided by the Mk Qa Master MCP server (kao273183/mk-qa-master). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Mk Qa Master, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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